If I ever find who the moron that started this ridiculous story back in 2003 I will wring their neck.

NO, there will NOT be 2 moons on August 27, 2010.

The story that was started in 2003 misquoted a science article. That article was referring to Mars' closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years (remember, this was back in 2003).
The article said that, viewed through a BACKYARD TELESCOPE, Mars would appear as large as the full moon does to the naked eye.

But even in 2003, there was NOT every going to be 2 full moons.
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Halloween was originally more of a crazed, sacrificial night. People were afraid of evil spirits, like demons and goblins and ghosts. They would light lots of fires (hence, the 'oficial' colors orange and black, orange derived from the flames and black from the night) to lead the way for the demons. Sacrifices would be made and people would go door to door to take female virgins from the houses to sacrifice them, and if they did not give up their daughters then they would paint a symbol on the door in blood, marking the house for the spirits to come and play "tricks" on them. During the night, people were eager to please the spirits and would leave out food.
When making sacrifices, people would light fires and burn people alive (bones scattered around the fire and, with "bone" and "fire", it came to be known as a "bonfire".) People would dress up in animal costumes and dance around the fire when making the sacrifices.

Also opening tomorrow is the Red Riding Trilogy, three films made for British television based on a group of four novels by David Pearce (who also had his book The Damned Utd adapted into an excellent film last year). The three Red Riding movies share overlapping storylines and characters, and were all written by Tony Grisoni, but filmed in fairly distinct styles by three different directors. The trio are now in limited theatrical release in the U.S., a year after they aired in Britain. We'll have a full-length review of the trilogy tomorrow, as it plays at E Street through next week.

[quote="sekar555"]Also opening tomorrow is the Red Riding Trilogy, three films made for British television based on a group of four novels by David Pearce (who also had his book The Damned Utd adapted into an excellent film last year). The three Red Riding movies share overlapping storylines and characters, and were all written by Tony Grisoni, but filmed in fairly distinct styles by three different directors. The trio are now in limited theatrical release in the U.S., a year after they aired in Britain. We'll have a full-length review of the trilogy tomorrow, as it plays at E Street through next week.

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Is this the same Tony Grisoni that wrote "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"?

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